# ngay
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ilocano ngay.

### Particle

ngay (Philippines, chiefly Baguio)
* Used to question the listener
** for a response or affirmation
    You ngay?What about you?
** that implies impatience.
    Where are you ngay?Where are you? [I have been waiting for so long!]
** that implies dismay or disgust.
    What ngay is that?What the heck is that?
* Used to agree with what the listener has said.
    Yes ngay.Yes, [I agree with you].
* Used for emphasis
    I couldn't do anything ngay.I wasn't really able to do anything.
* Used to solicit pity from the listener
    I couldn't do anything ngay.[I'm sorry], I wasn't able to do anything.

## Gamilaraay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ŋaj/

### Pronoun

ngay
* my (to me)

### References

* Dhiirrala Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Language Program St Joseph School Po Box 125 Walgett NSW 2368 Australia
* (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary
* (2015). “Ma Gamilaraay”

## Ilocano
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈŋaj/ [ˈŋaɪ̯]
* Hyphenation: ngay

### Particle

ngay (Kur-itan spelling ᜅᜌ᜔)
* Used to question the listener
** for a response or affirmation
    Sika ngay?What about you?
** that implies impatience.
    Ayanmon ngay?Where are you? [I have been waiting for so long!]
** that implies dismay or disgust.
    Ania ngay dayta?What the heck is that?
* Used to agree with what the listener has said.
    Wen ngay.Yes, [I agree with you].
* Used for emphasis
    Awan ngay maaramidak.I wasn't really able to do anything.
* Used to solicit pity from the listener
    Awan ngay maaramidak.[I'm sorry], I wasn't able to do anything.

### References

* Rubino, Carl Ralph Galvez (2000) “ngay”, in Byron W. Bender, editor, Ilocano Dictionary and Grammar: Ilocano-English, English-Ilocano‎ (overall work in English and Ilocano), Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 386

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ilocano ngay.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈŋaj/ [ˈŋaɪ̯]
* Rhymes: -aj
* Syllabification: ngay

### Particle

ngay (Baybayin spelling ᜅᜌ᜔) (Baguio)
* Used to question the listener
** for a response or affirmation
    Synonym: ba
    Ikaw ngay?What about you?
** that implies impatience.
    Nasan ka na ngay?Where are you? [I have been waiting for so long!]
** that implies dismay or disgust.
    Ano ngay yan?What the heck is that?
* Used to agree with what the listener has said.
    Synonym: nga eh
    Oo ngay.Yes, [I agree with you].
* Used for emphasis
    Synonym: nga
    Wala ngay akong magagawa.I wasn't really able to do anything.
* Used to solicit pity from the listener
    Wala ngay akong magagawa.[I'm sorry], I wasn't able to do anything.

## Vietnamese
### Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *t-ŋar (“straight”). Cognate with Muong Bi ngăl, Chut [Rục] təŋal¹.

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ŋaj˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [ŋaj˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ŋa(ː)j˧˧]
* Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

### Adjective

ngay • (宜, 𣦍)
* (now chiefly in compounds and certain expressions) direct; straight
    cây ngay ― a straight tree
    Ngồi ngay lên nào!Come on, sit up straight!
* (literary) honest
* as soon as, straight away
    ngay khi ― as soon as

### Preposition

ngay • (宜, 𣦍)
* Short for ngay cạnh (“right by, right beside”).
    Nhà nó ở ngay cầu lớn.His house is right beside the big bridge.

#### See also

* cây ngay không sợ chết đứng
* ngay cả
* ngay cạnh
* ngay chóc
* ngay lập tức
* ngay ngắn (từ láy)
* ngay thẳng
* ngay thật
* ngay và luôn